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Is Django still relevant in the web community? I watched "Making Disqus Realtime" a year ago, where they were talking about building a real-time system using Dj

by sahat 13y ago

Is Django still relevant in the web community? I watched "Making Disqus Realtime" a year ago, where they were talking about building a real-time system using Django, gevent, gunicorn, Redis, Flask, nginx, haproxy. The entire stack could be condensed into node.js + socket.io.

tomchristie 13y ago
If you want a schema database backed Web App or API then yeah, sure, both Rails & Django are clearly still the most mature and fully featured frameworks. Yes, there's plenty of other interesting things happening, and yes Django is only going to be one part of many in your stack, but it's still got a hell of a lot going for it.
drdaeman 13y ago
If the web community is those hipsters who want to rewrite everything to a fad tech of the month, every month, then Django is completely outdated and irrelevant. Otherwise, it's just another relatively solid general-purpose framework. Probably not fit (unless heavily tinkered with) for edge cases, missing certain features and has its share of quirks, but still a fine choice for many typical websites out there.
frankwiles 13y ago
Still relevant? You've got to be kidding me. Sure node is the new cool thing, but Django is going to "relevant" for years to come. Even just looking at job openings in very tech forward places like SF the Django jobs out weigh node jobs 5 to 1. Keep in mind not everything needs to be that "real time" and it is also a horrible business decision to rewrite your core apps in the latest framework without reason.
- spikels 13y ago
  Where do you get the 5:1 ratio? Jobs in SF Bay Area on Craigslist: Node 95, Django 50 http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/?sort=rel&areaID=1&subAreaID=&query=node&catAbb=jjj http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/?sort=rel&areaID=1&subAre... http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/?sort=rel&areaID=1&subAreaID=&query=django&catAbb=jjj http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/?sort=rel&areaID=1&subAre...
jaegerpicker 13y ago
I love node but really!? Django is used in ALOT of really big sites/startups and with tornado/gevent/twisted it's able to handle almost anything that node can.
cridenour 13y ago
Not everything needs to be real time. In fact, most web sites and apps do not.
swinglock 13y ago
I'm curious, why did the tutorial you watched choose to use both Django and Flask?
thatthatis 13y ago
Maybe in five years the world will have moved predominantly to node. But right now, django is still extremely relevant.
run4_too 13y ago
um, yes. I've got a major business system running on django right now. I'm also just starting a new one on the same platform. I personally couldn't care less what the flavour of the day is, because I'm not chasing celebrity, I'm making my business money. Django works really well when you need a full stack web-app up and running quickly. You know what I don't need? Javascript anything, really.

by sahat 13y ago

tomchristie 13y ago

If you want a schema database backed Web App or API then yeah, sure, both Rails & Django are clearly still the most mature and fully featured frameworks. Yes, there's plenty of other interesting things happening, and yes Django is only going to be one part of many in your stack, but it's still got a hell of a lot going for it.

drdaeman 13y ago

If the web community is those hipsters who want to rewrite everything to a fad tech of the month, every month, then Django is completely outdated and irrelevant. Otherwise, it's just another relatively solid general-purpose framework. Probably not fit (unless heavily tinkered with) for edge cases, missing certain features and has its share of quirks, but still a fine choice for many typical websites out there.

frankwiles 13y ago

Still relevant? You've got to be kidding me. Sure node is the new cool thing, but Django is going to "relevant" for years to come. Even just looking at job openings in very tech forward places like SF the Django jobs out weigh node jobs 5 to 1. Keep in mind not everything needs to be that "real time" and it is also a horrible business decision to rewrite your core apps in the latest framework without reason.

spikels 13y ago
Where do you get the 5:1 ratio? Jobs in SF Bay Area on Craigslist: Node 95, Django 50 http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/?sort=rel&areaID=1&subAreaID=&query=node&catAbb=jjj http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/?sort=rel&areaID=1&subAre... http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/?sort=rel&areaID=1&subAreaID=&query=django&catAbb=jjj http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/?sort=rel&areaID=1&subAre...

jaegerpicker 13y ago

I love node but really!? Django is used in ALOT of really big sites/startups and with tornado/gevent/twisted it's able to handle almost anything that node can.

cridenour 13y ago

Not everything needs to be real time. In fact, most web sites and apps do not.

swinglock 13y ago

I'm curious, why did the tutorial you watched choose to use both Django and Flask?

thatthatis 13y ago

Maybe in five years the world will have moved predominantly to node. But right now, django is still extremely relevant.

run4_too 13y ago

um, yes. I've got a major business system running on django right now. I'm also just starting a new one on the same platform. I personally couldn't care less what the flavour of the day is, because I'm not chasing celebrity, I'm making my business money. Django works really well when you need a full stack web-app up and running quickly. You know what I don't need? Javascript anything, really.